Even though Prime Minister Lan said that, when he got on the carriage, he was still very upset.

The death of Emperor Jing Ren caught them all by surprise. However, he was stupid last night and knelt in front of the palace gate all night. After finally entering the palace, the prince didn't even look at him.

At this time, Prime Minister Lan deeply realized his crisis. The prince wanted to eradicate the old party and replace it with a new deal.

Soon, he summoned the five aristocratic families, the Ge family, the Qin family, the Cui family, and the Meng family, to come to Junyoulai Restaurant.

The heads of the aristocratic families sat down one after another, and Prime Minister Lan was the last one to enter the box.

There were two attendants guarding the outside of the box, and no one else was allowed to get even half a step closer to the box.

As Prime Minister Lan sat down, all the heads of the aristocratic families looked at Prime Minister Lan, and the atmosphere was very depressed and solemn.

"Master Lan, the emperor has just passed away. The prince has expelled the envoys of the Chen Kingdom before he ascended the throne. This is even more humiliating to us old ministers. I am afraid that when the prince ascends the throne in the future, we will no longer have the right to speak in the court." It’s the head of the Ge family.

The head of the Meng family stroked his white beard and snorted coldly: "The head of the Ge family must not say that he has no say in the court. It is unknown whether you and I will have the opportunity to enter the palace in the future. He does not even care about the prime minister. In my eyes, I am afraid that I want to replace the old minister with the new noble."

The youngest head of the Cui family, his eyes sparkled with sharpness: "We, the great families, must form a rope."

The head of the Qin family was drinking tea on his own. The Meng family was the last of the five great families and had no right to speak. He just listened to what they said.

Patriarch Ge looked at Prime Minister Lan: "Principal Lan, what do you think?"

Prime Minister Lan raised his head and looked at the family heads and said, "The emperor didn't just give birth to one prince."

As soon as these words came out, several family heads fell silent.

They all understood what Prime Minister Lan meant.

Don't let the prince ascend the throne.

"What do you think of Prince Jing?" Prime Minister Lan asked again. You look at me, I look at you.

The head of the Meng family said: "Prince Jing's mother's family has no power and can almost be ignored, and he has not yet married a wife. If Prince Jing wants to inherit the throne, he will need the help of several of our aristocratic families. When the time comes, he can choose from five aristocratic families. Several women will become Prince Jing's concubines to stabilize the power of the five great families in the court. From this point of view, Prince Jing is indeed a good candidate, and I support it. "

The head of the Meng family raised his hand and slapped the table, indicating that he was willing to join Prime Minister Lan's plan.

Patriarch Ge was the second to slap the table and said, "Okay, I also agree with Patriarch Lan's plan."

After finishing speaking, Patriarch Ge looked back at Patriarch Cui and Patriarch Qin.

The head of the Cui family said: "If we really want to choose Prince Jing as the successor, we need to plan carefully. After all, there are too many precedents of helping the new emperor to ascend the throne but being accused of some crime and being executed by the nine clans. Lan Xiang, at this time, we need to consider the long term."

The head of the Qin family suddenly looked up at the head of the Cui family: "But we don't have much time left. If the emperor dies, the other ministers in the court will definitely demand that the prince ascend the throne immediately on the grounds that the country cannot live without a king for a day. This matter must be done quickly. ah."

"Then there will be no way for the prince to ascend the throne." Prime Minister Lan's eyes sank, his fingers dipped into the tea cup, and he wrote a horizontal character on the table. The head of the Ge family was the first to stand up and read the horizontal character written by Prime Minister Lan, and then It was the Cui family and the Meng family. The Qin family glanced at the horizontal characters and picked up the chopsticks to enjoy the meal.

The Ge family sat back in their chairs and said, "This is a good idea. Then, as Prime Minister Lan said, leave this matter to the head of the Qin family."

The head of the Qin family suddenly raised his head and saw several family heads staring at him.

He put down his chopsticks and said, "Then leave it to me."

He knows astronomy, astrology and horoscopes, and has just served in the Qintian Prison for one year.

He had calculated that with the recent changes in the sky, he would soon encounter a rare eclipse of the Tengu Sun. If a Tengu Sun Eclipse occurred on the day of the emperor's funeral, he could create public opinion and tell the people that the Emperor Dead injustice!
In this way, the emperor could not mourn and the prince could not ascend the throne for the time being.

What public opinion will become then depends on how the aristocratic families control it.

Public opinion can sometimes kill people invisible. This is what the prince taught them when he wanted to marry the princess... (End of this chapter)

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